NC lawmaker says pregnant man flashcards 'not age-appropriate material' for preschoolers
Ballentine Elementary School teacher used LGBT-themed flashcards with a depiction of a pregnant man to teach preschool students about colors.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}North Carolina State Rep. Erin Pare stressed the importance of parents being aware of what is being taught to their children after a teacher used LGBT-themed flashcards with a depiction of a pregnant man to teach preschoolers about colors. On "Fox & Friends" Tuesday, the GOP lawmaker praised the school's principal for taking immediate action and noted that the cards were not part of the approved curriculum.
STATE REP. ERIN PARE: A lot of loving families come in all different shapes and sizes. And thank goodness for that. Kids need loving families right now more than anything else. But I think when you're looking at a card in front of a preschooler that has a mommy hugging a daddy with a baby in his belly, that's just not age-appropriate material to be showing preschoolers. And I'm glad that this principal and the district acted immediately. … This was not approved curriculum. This was a tool that one individual teacher brought into the classroom, and the principal didn't know about it, and it was not approved by the district. I think this underscores a greater point that it's so important for parents to be engaged in what goes on in their child's classroom – what's being taught and how things are being taught. And I think that parents are asking for more of that ability to follow this. And I think that that's appropriate and makes a whole lot of sense.
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